CENTRAL POLICE FORCES (ASSISTANT COMMANDANTS) EXAMINATION, 2010

EXAMINATION NOTICE NO.09/2010-CPF
DATE 29.05.2010
(Last Date for Receipt of offline Applications:28.06.2010)

F.No.11/5/2009-E.1(B) : The Union Public Service Commission will hold a Written Examination on 24th October, 2010 for recruitment of Assistant Commandants (Group A) in the Central Police Forces (CPF) viz. Border Security Force (BSF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). The Examination will be held in accordance with the Rules for the Examination published by Ministry of Home Affairs in the Gazette of India dated 29th May, 2010 . The date of holding the examination as mentioned above is liable to be changed at the discretion of the Commission.

F.No.11/5/2009-E.1(B) : The Union Public Service Commission will hold a Written Examination on 24th October, 2010 for recruitment of Assistant Commandants (Group A) in the Central Police Forces (CPF) viz. Border Security Force (BSF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). The Examination will be held in accordance with the Rules for the Examination published by Ministry of Home Affairs in the Gazette of India dated 29th May, 2010 . The date of holding the examination as mentioned above is liable to be changed at the discretion of the Commission.

The tentative number of vacancies to be filled on the results of the examination is as follows :

The number of vacancies mentioned above is liable to alteration.

Reservation will be made for candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes in respect of vacancies as may be fixed by the Government.

2. Centres of Examination : The Examination will be held at the following Centres :
AGARTALA, GANGTOK, PANAJI ( GOA ), AHMEDABAD, HYDERABAD , PATNA , AIZAWAL, IMPHAL, PORT BLAIR , ALLAHABAD , ITANAGAR, RAIPUR , BANGALORE , JAIPUR, RANCHI , BAREILLY , JAMMU , SAMBALPUR, BHOPAL , JORHAT, SHILLONG , CHANDIGARH , KOCHI , SHIMLA , CHENNAI, KOHIMA, SRINAGAR , CUTTACK , KOLKATA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM , DEHRADUN, LUCKNOW , TIRUPATI, DELHI , MADURAI , UDAIPUR, DHARWAD, MUMBAI, VISHAKHAPATNAM, DISPUR, NAGPUR

The Centres as mentioned above are liable to be changed at the discretion of the Commission. While every effort will be made to allot the candidates to the Centre of their choice for the Examination, the Commission may, at their discretion allot a different Centre to a candidate, when circumstances so warrant. Candidates admitted to the Examination will be informed of the timetable and place or places of Examination.

The candidates should note that no request for change of Centre would normally be granted. However, when a candidate desires a change in Centre from the one he/she had indicated in his/her Application Form for the Examination, he/she must send a letter addressed to the Secretary, Union Public Service Commission, giving full justification as to why he/she desires a change in centre. Such requests will be considered on merits but requests received in the Commission�s Office after 28th July, 2010 will not be entertained under any circumstances nor will such communications be replied to.

3. ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS :

(I) Nationality : No person who is not a citizen of India shall, except with the consent of the Central Government signified in writing be appointed or employed under these Rules.

Provided that nothing contained in these rules shall debar the appointment, enrolment or employment of a subject of Nepal or Bhutan under these rules.

(II) Sex : Both Male and Female candidates are eligible for appointment to the post of Assistant Commandants in CRPF and CISF. However, for appointment to the post of Assistant Commandants in BSF, ITBP and SSB, only Male candidates are eligible.

"Explanation - A female, candidate, even if her name is there in the list of successful candidates as declared by UPSC, may not be appointed if she does not get allocated to CRPF or CISF on the basis of merit and choice indicated by successful candidates."

(III) Age Limits :

(a) A candidate must have attained the age of 20 years and must not have attained the age of 25 years on 1st August, 2010 , i.e. he/she must have been born not earlier than 2nd August, 1985 and not later than 1st August, 1990 .

(b) The upper age limit prescribed above will be relaxable.

(i) upto a maximum of five years if a candidate belongs to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe.

(ii) upto a maximum of three years in the case of candidates belonging to Other Backward Classes who are eligible to avail of reservation applicable to such candidates.

(iii) upto a maximum of five years for Civilian Central Government Servants in accordance with the existing instructions of the Central Government. Ex-servicemen will also be eligible for this relaxation. However the total relaxation claimed on account of Government Service will be limited to 5 years.

(iv) upto a maximum of five years if a candidate had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from 1st January, 1980 to the 31st day of December, 1989.

Note I : Candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes and the Other Backward Classes who are also covered under any other clause of Para 3(III)(b) above, viz. those coming under the category of Civilian Central Government Servants/ Ex-servicemen and persons domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir, will be eligible for grant of cumulative age-relaxation under both the categories.

Note II : The term ex-servicemen will apply to the persons who are defined as ex-servicemen in the Ex-servicemen (Re-employment in Civil Services and Posts) Rules, 1979, as amended from time to time.

Note III : The term "Civilian Central Government Servants" in Para 3 (III)(b)(iii) above will apply to persons who are defined as "Government Servants" in the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965 as amended from time to time.

SAVE AS PROVIDED ABOVE THE AGE LIMITS PRESCRIBED CAN IN NO CASE BE RELAXED.

The date of birth accepted by the Commission is that entered in the Matriculation or Secondary School Leaving Certificate or in a certificate recognised by an Indian University as equivalent to Matriculation or in an extract from a Register of Matriculates maintained by a University, which extract must be certified by the proper authority of the University or in the Higher Secondary or an equivalent examination certificate.

No other document relating to age like horoscopes, affidavits, birth extracts from Municipal Corporation, service records and the like will be accepted.

The expression Matriculation/Secondary Examination Certificate in this part of the instructions includes the alternative certificates mentioned above.

NOTE 1 : Candidates should note that once a Date of Birth has been claimed by them and entered in the records of the Commission for the purpose of admission to an Examination, no change will be allowed subsequently (or at any other Examination of the Commission) on any grounds whatsoever.

NOTE 2 : The candidate should exercise due care while entering their Date of Birth in Column 8 of the Application Form for the Examination. If on verification at any subsequent stage, any variation is found in their Date of Birth from the one entered in their Matriculation or equivalent Examination Certificate, disciplinary action will be taken by the Commission under the Rules.

IV Minimum Educational Qualifications : A candidate must hold a Bachelor�s degree of a University incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under Section-3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 or posses an equivalent qualification.

NOTE 1 : Candidates who have appeared at an examination the passing of which would render them educationally qualified for the Commission�s examination but have not been informed of the results as also the candidates who intend to appear at such a qualifying examination in the year 2010 will also be eligible for admission to the examination. Such candidates will be admitted to the examination if otherwise eligible but the admission would be deemed to be provisional and subject to cancellation if they do not produce proof of having passed the requisite examination along with the Detailed Application Form which will be required to be submitted to the Commission by the candidates who after qualifying on the result of the written part of the examination are also declared qualified in the Physical Standards/Physical Efficiency Tests and Medical Standards Tests.

NOTE II : In exceptional cases the Union Public Service Commission may treat a candidate who has not any of the foregoing qualifications as a qualified candidate, provided that he/she has passed an examination conducted by the other Institutions, the standard of which in the opinion of the Commission justifies his/her admission to the examination.

NOTE III : Candidates possessing professional and technical qualifications which are recognised by Government as equivalent to professional and technical degree would also be eligible for admission to the examination.

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